Explanation
Background: The following legislation authorizes the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Gould Park Area Stormwater System Improvement Project.Fiscal Impact: N/AEmergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow the Eminent Domain actions to proceed without delay thereby allowing this project to move forward.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary complaints for the appropriation of fee simple title and lesser interests in and to real estate necessary for the Gould Park Area Stormwater System Improvement Project, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Ohio, a municipal corporation, is engaged in the acquisition of certain real property interests for the Gould Park Area Stormwater System Improvement Project; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Columbus, Ohio, adopted Resolution No. 052X-03, on the 24th day of March, 2003, and Resolution No. 116X-03, on the 2nd day of June, 2003 declaring the necessity and intent to appropriate the real property interests hereinafter described and the purpose of the appropriation, and notice of such adoption of said resolution has been served in accordance with Columbus City Code Sec. 909.03; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Sewerage and Drainage, in that it is necessary to appropriate such real property interests so that there will be no delay in the aforementioned project, for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That fee simple title and lesser interests in and to the following described real property, be appropriated for the public purpose of the Gould Park Area Stormwater System Improvement Project, #610893...
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